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Star Reloaders / Re: How do you tell a Star from a copy?

« on: September 16, 2006, 07:38:46 am »

I bought the Berdon from an older lady , her husband died last year and had a bunch of reloading equipment.  I thought it was a star she didn't know what it was , I bought the Berdon and a Phelps  , I already sold the Phelps at a loss .   I just put the Berdon on Ebay , hopefully I'll won't lose too  bad on this one.   Thanks for all the help in figuring out what it really was.

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Star Reloaders / Re: How do you tell a Star from a copy?

« on: September 13, 2006, 07:05:27 am »

Since the Berdon is a star copy do parts such as case feeders , primer feeders and shell plates interchange between them?  I checked the shell plates and the toolhead on my machine they are not hardened.

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Star Reloaders / Re: How do you tell a Star from a copy?

« on: September 11, 2006, 02:06:44 pm »

Are the die holes on a Star universal 11/16-24 or 7/8-14?

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Star Reloaders / Re: How do you tell a Star from a copy?

« on: September 10, 2006, 09:39:25 pm »

I disassembled my machine it does not say Berdon on it anywhere , the expander plug hole and the powder measure hole are both threaded 1/2-27.  Another thing I noticed was that the nut that holds the shellplate on is not knurled.

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Star Reloaders / Re: How do you tell a Star from a copy?

« on: August 31, 2006, 10:43:50 am »

The bottom of the toolhead is flat , no collar and the toolhead does not have Star stamped on it.  If it is not a Star what is it?  On the casting above the toolhead it looks like it had an oval sticker on it (where the Star sticker would have been).  It looks like all the castings have an F cast into them.  I have a Phelps loader and everything is just a little smaller on the Phelps.

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Star Reloaders / How do you tell a Star from a copy?

« on: August 31, 2006, 07:37:59 am »

I'm a new Star owner , the machine that I bought does not say Star on it anywhere.  I know there were a few others that copied the Star.  The machine that I bought is a universal and came with shellplates for 45acp , 38spl and 223 / 9mm ,  it also has an adjustable chargebar and takes 7/8-14 dies.  There is an F cast into the base. It is missing the primer feeder.  It looks just like a Star from all the pictures that I've seen , but how do I tell for sure.     Bill